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20 September 2007 Manufacturing and control of the aspherical mirrors for the telescope of the French satellite Pleiades
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Pleiades is the last generation of French satellite for earth observation. For this space program, SESO has been awarded the contract (fully completed end 2006), for the manufacturing of the whole set of telescope mirrors (EM, QM and FM, primary mirror with 700mm CA). These works did also include the mechanical design, manufacturing and mounting of the attachment flexures (MFDs) between the mirrors and the telescope main structure. This presentation will be focused on the different steps of manufacturing and control of these mirrors, as well as a presentation of the existing SESO facilities and capabilities to produce such kind of aspherical components/sub-assemblies.
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Denis Fappani and Hélène Ducollet "Manufacturing and control of the aspherical mirrors for the telescope of the French satellite Pleiades", Proc. SPIE 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III, 66870T (20 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730691
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KEYWORDS
Mirrors

Space telescopes

Off axis mirrors

Telescopes

Manufacturing

Space mirrors

Polishing

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